diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c
index 71df957eaa0b85bd841fe3758b6efbfd51243881..51294900dd12bac253a1f8a67f093f1a1dfbcb4b 100644
--- a/builtin-log.c
+++ b/builtin-log.c
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	/*
 	 * Parse the arguments before setup_revisions(), or something
-	 * like "git fmt-patch -o a123 HEAD^.." may fail; a123 is
+	 * like "git format-patch -o a123 HEAD^.." may fail; a123 is
 	 * possibly a valid SHA1.
 	 */
 	for (i = 1, j = 1; i < argc; i++) {